Popular auction management service Auctiva was labelled as a dangerous site in Google search results from 21 to 23 February.

Searches for "auctiva" returned the Auctiva web site at the top of the results, but with the ominous label "This Site May Harm Your Computer." Browsers attempting to visit Auctiva from Google search results saw a warning page, stating "of the 50 pages we tested on [auctiva.com] over the past 90 days, 5 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent."

AuctionBytes reported that Auctiva servers had been infected with the "Trojan-Clicker" virus, and that the company quickly wiped the affected machines. Some buyers were apparently unable to pay for items.

The Google "Safe Browsing" system hit the news on 31 January 2009, when the entire Internet was erroneously blacklisted for 40 minutes due to a rogue forward-slash character in the list - a character which is present in every website URL.